[pov] Ziguinchor region: Bignona; Kolda region. Population: 30,000 in Senegal, all users. L1 users: 10,000 in Senegal (Biagui and Quint 2013). L2 users: 20,000 (Biagui and Quint 2013). Status: 3 (Wider communication). Used as an LWC from the Lower Casamance of Senegal to the north of Guinea-Bissau. People who traveled from Guinea-Bissau as a Portuguese-based country to the Casamance of southern Senegal led to the development as an LWC. It is used in churches (interpretation and singing) and in the market, business and radio. Alternate Names: Casamançais, Créole afro-portugais de Casamance, Créole casamançais, Kriulo, Kriyol, Portuguese Creole. Dialects: Cacheu-Ziguinchor Creole.
Classification: Creole, Portuguese based.